Click here for a map to conference site.
Directions below are relative to when you enter the city limits of České Budějovice.

From Prague via Písek (Blue line on map) At roundabout next to Globus and after Baumax supermarkets, take second right onto the main road “Na Dlouhé louce” toward the city center. Follow until you get to the overpass and then continue straight. Follow directions “From the North” below”.

Alternative route is also drawn on map for the braver travelers.

From Brno (red line on map) Follow E551/E49 from Třebon to České Budějovice. At roundabout take first right following sign to center. At traffic light four way intersection take left. You are now on Pražská street. Follow directions “From Prague via Tábor below”.

From Prague via Tábor (green line on map) At major four-way intersection at the Obi supermarket, turn right. Go straight through first set of lights next to Interspar supermarket. Continue straight and as you go over bridge take the right at the off-ramp exit off the road and then veer into the left lane of the off-ramp. At the light at the bottom of the off-ramp, turn left and go straight on main road “Na Dlouhé louce”. Follow directions “From the North” below”.

From the North (Blue, red and green lines on map) Go straight on the street “Na Dlouhé louce” until the next major four-way intersection. Turn right. You will pass Výstaviště. Continue straight and then turn left at next lights. The street is Branišovská, where the Philosophy faculty is located about 500 m on left. Consult parking map in parking section for neighborhood parking.

From Linz (purple line on map) At roundabout after the Norma supermarket, continue straight on main road. At the end of the road, it will fork straight and right at overpass; continue straight. Follow curve onto main road called “Na Dlouhé louce”. Follow the road through first set of lights until the second set at the major four way intersection. Turn left here. You will pass Vystaviště. Continue straight and then turn left at next lights. The street is Branišovská, where the Philosophy faculty is located about 500 m on left. Consult parking map in parking section for neighborhood parking.

The two parking places adjacent to the building of the Philosophy Faculty will be closed during the conference (red stripes on map). Please use the other parking possibilities (green stripes). Free parking places are usually available in the unpaid parking on the right site of the intersection of streets Branišovská and Větrná (300 m from the building of Philosophy Faculty) You can also park your car in the streets neighboring with Branišovská Street in the north. These unpaid parking places are used by local residents. There are usually some free places in streets Emy Destinové, J. Opletala and Větrná (approximately between 200 and 500 m from the building of the Philosophy Faculty). Free parking places are always available in front of the Billa and Albert supermarkets (600 and 700 m from the building of the Philosophy Faculty). Parking on the on the South Bohemia University campus lot (south of Branišovská Street) is rather tricky since they are usually full and it is difficult to get there.

Light blue line is the easy, somewhat longer way. Orange line is the shorter, more complicated way. Green is way from “U Zelené ratolesti” bus stop (see below). You can also take bus 3 or 7 to the stop “U Zelené ratolesti” and then follow the map (You will need a ticket for 12 CZK available from yellow vending machines). Public Transport in České Budějovice The trolley-bus stop is next to the bus terminal, and across the road (via underpass) from the train station. Take line number 3 directly to the campus, stop "Jihoceska Universita" (takes about 10 minutes). You will need a ticket for 12 CZK (available from yellow vending machines), which you must validate as you enter the bus. A map of city bus lines is here.

Introduction

The goal of RNA Club is to bring together enthusiastic researchers from the Czech Republic, as well as other countries near and far, to increase the overall awareness of the cutting edge research on RNA biology. Furthermore, we hope that the RNA club will serve to stimulate scientific exchange and create opportunities for new collaborations among the participants.

Important dates:Registration is CLOSED now
Lecture Selection Announcement - 15th October
Program Announcement - 22th October

Registration Fee - 350 Kč
Fee will be collected at the conference registration.

The Philosophical Faulty, University of South Bohemia
Branišovsá 31, 370 05 České BudějoviceThis new building was opened in 2009 and boasts a state-of-the-art lecture hall with a capacity for 130 people. Parking is available close by and the picturesque city center of České Budějovice is only 15 minutes away by foot.

An exciting new addition to this year's conference is the awarding of prizes for the best contributions to the RNA club by young researchers
(students and post doctoral fellows to the age of 35).

Two awards providing substantial support (registration fee, travel expenses) for attending RNA 2011 Annual Meeting in Kyoto, Japan (June
14-19, 2011) - only members of Czech labs are eligible for one of the prizes, the other prize is open to all participants

Two 2011 Memberships to the RNA Society (including access to RNA Journal)
- open to all participants.

Awards are co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and by the RNA Society